Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-04
THE LATEST NEWS.

-Ex-Gov. VIM Bate, the nominee of the
Democratic caucus, has been elected United
States Senator from Tennessee
Thomas Phillips, shoemaker, has been
nominated for Mayor of Philadelphia by tho
United Labor party. A full ticket was put in
the field.
The report of the Sixth Auditor of the re-
cepts and disbursements of tho Postoffice De-
partment for the quarter ended September 30,
1886, shows an excess of expenditures over re-
ceipts for the quarter ended September 30,
1856, of s1,694,64S excess of expenditures
over receipts for the quarter ended September
30, 1885, $3.50, 40; net gain compared with
1885, $699,o92 The collection of internal rev.
onue during the first six months Of the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1887, was $57, 500, SOB, be-
ing decrease of 81 ,054 $40 as compared with
cal year. The total collections from oleomar-
garine since November amounted to $29S,
1Oa
The Canadian Government, having dis
covered that large number of counterfeit 81
notes are in circulation, has set detectives at
work to catch the culprits.
The police of Client, Belgium, were called
out to theater to quell riot resulting from
the production of political play.
Senior Antonio Fontes, repeatedly Prime
Minister of Portugal, is dead.
Dispatches from Odessa state that the Rus
sian executive tribunals of that province have
dismissed all Jewish assistants. The notaries
have also been ordered to discharge Jewish
clerks within two months.
The disclosures of the dance-house hor-
rors of the pinery camps of Michigan led the
Legislature of that State to take immediate &C
ton on the Brecn bill for suppression of vice.
The bill applies to dsreputable houses gener-
ally, and subjects all persons keeping or re-
sorting to such to Imprisonment for five years
or a fine of 81, 900, or both, which is five times
the former penalty.
Another dynamite cartridge was exploded
under a San Francisco street car track, but
without injury to any person.
Charles Rummel, well-known gambler
of Lincoln, Neb., has been arrested by an
! officer from Eldors, Kan, where he is wanted
on the charge of murder committed in 1883
The victim was stock man. Rummel has o
wife and three children.
"A Paris cablegram states that Gen. Bou-
LANCER has ordered the commanders of all
French fortresses to be at their post before
Feb 90
THE credentials of Messrs. Dawes, of Massa-
chusetts; Gray, of Delaware, and Cockre1l of
Missouri, were presented to the Senate on the
Goth resolution offered by Mr.. Hoar was
passed by 81 vote of 81 to &C. after a long discus
sion, instructing the Committee on Privileges
and Elections to investigate the allegations of
three residents of Washington County, Texas
as to their having been driven from their homes,
compelled to abandon their property and de.
prived of the rights of citizenship III that county
Consideration of the agricultural experimental
station bill was resumed and the measure dis
cussed ut length A large number of amend
ments We're presented and voted upon, until
finally Mr.. Hawley offered Il substitute, which
was ordered printed, and the matter went over
The railroad attorney bill was under discussion
WI when the Senate vent into secret session. In
from the Secretary of the Treasury showing that
s46O3,oO0 will be required for the first years
payment OF pensions as provided by the Mexi-
ca. pension bill, and cfO for increased cler-
ical force. The conference report on the army
appropriation bill was submitted and agreed to-
The resolution asking the Attorney General
whether further legislation is necessary
to prevent the unlawful fencing of pub
lie lands reported back and adopted.
Tho House went into committee of the whole
on the river and harbor appropriation bill, for
which Mr.. Nelson submitted u substitute MAX
ing lump appropriation of S7,5000J0 to be en-
pended by Board of engineers. Considerable
discussion followed on the substitute between.
La Toilette, OF Wisconsin. It was rejected by u
vote of 46 to 176. The o gnal bill was then
ordered engrossed and read the third time.
Pending further action the House adjourned,